Gallia Academy sweeps titles at Gallia County Meet

The biggest school in the county came away with the biggest point totals Tuesday night as Gallia Academy captured both the boys and girls titles at the 2014 Gallia County Track and Field meet held on the campus of South Gallia High School in Gallia County.

Both the Blue Devils and Blue Angels came away with top honors over SGHS, River Valley and Ohio Valley Christian, as the Blue and White won their respective divisions by at least 39 points apiece. GAHS also claimed victories in 22 of the 32 total events held at the annual meet, with both the boys and girls winning 11 individual events apiece.

The Blue Angels posted a winning score of 123 points, which was 39 points ahead of runner-up River Valley and its 84 points. The host Lady Rebels were third overall with 26 points, while OVCS placed fourth with two team points.

It was a particularly good day for sisters Hannah and Mary Watts, who combined to win six events for the Blue Angels. Hannah — a senior — claimed wins in the 100m (13.58), 200m (28.28) and 400m (1:03.13) dashes, while Mary — a freshman — claimed first in the 800m run (2:45.57), 1600m run (6:10.00) and high jump (4-4).

The Blue Angels also came away with first place in both the 4x400m relay (4:37.88) and 4x800m (11:49.77) relay events, as well as Taylor Queen winning the long jump with a leap of 14 feet, 1.25 inches.

Madie Oiler won the 300m hurdles event for GAHS with a time of 53.76 seconds, while Elizabeth Holley captured first place in the 3200m run with a mark of 14:11.57.

Brianna McGuire led the Lady Raiders by winning both the shot put (29-9.5) and discus (84-4.25) competitions, while Kayla Browning captured first place in the 100m hurdles with a mark of 17.85 seconds. The 4x100m (54.24) and 4x200m (1:56.37) relay squads also came away with first place for RVHS.

The Blue Devils posted a winning tally of 95 points on the boys side. The Raiders were second overall with 52 points, while South Gallia finished third with 15 points. The Defenders did not have any individual entries in the boys competition.

Junior Jacob Click paced GAHS by winning four event titles, which included gold in the 110m hurdles (16.90), 100m dash (11.64), 200m dash (24.06) and the long jump (19-10.75).

Winston Wade came away with two first place efforts in the 800m run (2:16.24) and 1600m run (5:13.68), while Michael Edelmann captured first in the 3200m run with a mark of 11:11.67.

Quenton McKinniss captured gold in the 300m hurdles with a time of 47.32 seconds, while Wes Jarrell won the high jump with a cleared height of 5 feet, 4 inches. GAHS also won the 4x400m (3:56.34) and 4x800m (9:34.44) relay events.

Mark Wray won first place for RVHS in the 400m dash with a time of 59.33 seconds. The Raiders also won both the 4x100m (48.17) and 4x200m (1:39.84) relay events.

The host Rebels also received two victories from Jacob White in the shot put (38-6) and discus (102-4) competitions.